In official statements made by Japan in May, government leaders insist that their prime minister's home isn't haunted. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe thinks otherwise and still refuses to move his family into their official residence because they believe that the home is occupied with many ghosts. Abe and his wife Akie say they are too frightened to move into the home the Japan Daily Press reported today.
Prime Minister Abe assumed power in December 2012 and his family still have not moved into their official residence yet. Abe and his family are the longest to resist moving into the alleged haunted home. "Why don't we live here together? I am frightened. I do not feel like living here because there are ghosts," Abe said to his guests at a dinner party in the house in July.
Rumors have been circulating for awhile and Japan's citizens are wondering why Abe and his wife won't move into the house. Some folks think it's the house's ghost stories keeping them away. The 11-room brick house has been rumored to be haunted for years and is the site of a several murders. Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai was assassinated in the home in 1932. Several more political leaders were killed in the house in 1936.
"There are rumors that the official residence is haunted by ghosts. Is it true? Does Prime Minister Abe refuse to move to the official residence because of the rumors?" An opposition member of parliament asked during questioning. After being questioned about the haunting, the Japan government issued a formal statement stating "it was not aware of ghost sightings."
Former prime ministers and their families have reported witnessing paranormal phenomena during the time that they lived in the house. Even a few Japanese first ladies have been reluctant to move into the home. Prime Minister Abe and his wife lived in the home for one year in 2006 during his first tenure as prime minister. It is unknown if they experienced any strange occurrences during their stay.
Prime Minister Abe assumed power in December 2012 and his family still have not moved into their official residence yet. Abe and his family are the longest to resist moving into the alleged haunted home. "Why don't we live here together? I am frightened. I do not feel like living here because there are ghosts," Abe said to his guests at a dinner party in the house in July.
Rumors have been circulating for awhile and Japan's citizens are wondering why Abe and his wife won't move into the house. Some folks think it's the house's ghost stories keeping them away. The 11-room brick house has been rumored to be haunted for years and is the site of a several murders. Prime Minister Tsuyoshi Inukai was assassinated in the home in 1932. Several more political leaders were killed in the house in 1936.
"There are rumors that the official residence is haunted by ghosts. Is it true? Does Prime Minister Abe refuse to move to the official residence because of the rumors?" An opposition member of parliament asked during questioning. After being questioned about the haunting, the Japan government issued a formal statement stating "it was not aware of ghost sightings."
Former prime ministers and their families have reported witnessing paranormal phenomena during the time that they lived in the house. Even a few Japanese first ladies have been reluctant to move into the home. Prime Minister Abe and his wife lived in the home for one year in 2006 during his first tenure as prime minister. It is unknown if they experienced any strange occurrences during their stay.
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